23rd parallel north

The 23rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 23 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the Tropic of Cancer. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.

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23rd parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 33 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 43 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 23° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
23°0′N 0°0′E  Algeria
23°0′N 11°3′E  Niger
23°0′N 13°46′E  Libya
23°0′N 15°0′E  Chad
23°0′N 16°58′E  Libya
23°0′N 25°0′E  Egypt
23°0′N 35°27′E Hala'ib Triangle Claimed by both Egypt and Sudan - Egypt controls the territory
23°0′N 35°40′E Red Sea
23°0′N 38°48′E  Saudi Arabia
23°0′N 52°32′E  United Arab Emirates Emirate of Abu Dhabi
23°0′N 55°13′E  Oman
23°0′N 59°7′E Indian Ocean Arabian Sea
23°0′N 68°54′E  India Gujarat - passing just south of Ahmedabad
Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
West Bengal
23°0′N 88°52′E  Bangladesh
23°0′N 91°32′E  India Tripura - for about 20 km (12 mi)
23°0′N 91°43′E  Bangladesh
23°0′N 92°23′E  India Mizoram
23°0′N 93°8′E  Myanmar (Burma)
23°0′N 99°31′E  People's Republic of China Yunnan
23°0′N 104°50′E  Vietnam
23°0′N 105°48′E  People's Republic of China Guangxi
Guangdong — passing just south of Guangzhou
23°0′N 116°31′E South China Sea
23°0′N 120°7′E  Republic of China
(Taiwan)		 Passing through Tainan
23°0′N 121°19′E Pacific Ocean Passing just south of the island of Nihoa, Hawaii,  United States
23°0′N 110°5′W  Mexico Baja California peninsula
23°0′N 109°42′W Gulf of California
23°0′N 106°11′W  Mexico
23°0′N 97°46′W Gulf of Mexico
23°0′N 83°13′W  Cuba Passing just south of Havana
23°0′N 79°59′W Atlantic Ocean
23°0′N 74°55′W  Bahamas Long Island
23°0′N 74°51′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of Crooked Island,  Bahamas
Passing just south of Samana Cay,  Bahamas
23°0′N 16°8′W Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco
23°0′N 13°5′W  Mauritania
23°0′N 6°20′W  Mali
23°0′N 1°40′W  Algeria

See also

References
  1. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php
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